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The Russian Civil War (1917–1922) was a multi-front conflict that followed the collapse of the Russian Empire and the Bolshevik seizure of power. After Lenin’s October Revolution in 1917, the Bolsheviks withdrew from World War I with the...

Capitoline temples of Sufetula, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 13, 2023. Depicted here is the ancient town of Sufetula's complex of three temples, dated c. 100-250 CE, dedicated to the Capitoline Triad...

Forum of Sufetula, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 13, 2023. A rectangular walled plaza measuring 72 by 60 metres, this Roman forum, dated c. 100-250 CE, served as the civic and religious centre of the...

A gouache on paper painting titled The New Deal 1933-1939 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. President Franklin Roosevelt holds a "We do our part" National Recovery Administration...

Baptistery from the Basilica of Vitalis, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 13, 2023. This Christian structure, dated 5th-6th century CE, is a richly decorated baptistery found in the ancient town of Sufetula...

Cross of Sbeitla, mosaic, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 14, 2023. This early Christian mosaic from 5th-6th century CE was sourced from within Sufetula, an ancient town — once Roman, then Byzantine, and...

Portrait of Mughal Princess Nadira Banu Begum, miniature painting attributed to Balchand from the Dara Shikoh Album, folio 20, 1631-1632. Nadira Banu Begum (1618-1659) was the daughter of Sultan Parviz Mirza and wife to Prince Dara Shikoh...

A gouache on paper painting titled The Great Depression 1929 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. President Hoover in front of a crowd of unemployed people. In the background are Al...

A gouache on paper painting titled The Roaring 20s by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Bringing together Jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, entertainers Al...

Athenian coin, silver, 550-546 BCE. Minted in the ancient Greek city-state of Athens, this silver coin depicts a Gorgon's head, a symbolic ward against evil also known as a "gorgoneion." On the reverse, not pictured here, is stamped a square...